Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad held a bilateral meeting with Austrian leader, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz at the Federal Chancellery, here today.
Dr Mahathir, who arrived yesterday from London, is set to share the country’s efforts in curbing corruption with the international community during his visit to Austria at the 10th General Conference and Annual Meeting of the International Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities (IAACA) tomorrow.
TTF: I’m still finding it cryptically ironic that a man who, in the eighties and nineties, led the country into the biggest corruption scandals we’ve ever seen, is sharing with others his efforts to curb corruption.
If indeed Mahathir is serious about curbing corruption, why is he not willing to conduct RCI’s into the eighties and nineties Manminco, Makuwasa, Forex, Perwaja, BMF and BBMB scandals?
Why is he not interested in recovering the RM200 over billion that was looted from the country during his previous tenure as Prime Minister?
VIENNA: Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad held a bilateral meeting with Austrian leader, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz at the Federal Chancellery, here today.
This is in conjunction with his three-day working visit to Austria. Accompanying him are Deputy Foreign Minister Datuk Marzuki Yahya, Malaysian ambassador to Austria Datuk Ganeson Sivagurunathan and senior goverment officials.
Dr Mahathir and Kurz then had a joint press conference for the Malaysian and local media.
After his meeting with Kurz, the prime minister also held discussions with the president of Austria, Dr Alexander Van der Bellen at Hofburg.
Among issues discussed included relations between the two countries, trade and economy.
Dr Mahathir, who arrived yesterday from London, is set to share the country’s efforts in curbing corruption with the international community during his visit to Austria at the 10th General Conference and Annual Meeting of the International Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities (IAACA) tomorrow.
He will be delivering a keynote address at the conference entitled “15 years of the United Nations Convention against Corruption, Accomplishments and Prospects”.
He is also scheduled to deliver a lecture, themed “Fighting Corruption in Malaysia: Achievements, Challenges and Perspectives” at an event organised by the International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA), here.
The conference gathers political leaders, including heads of government and anti-corruption agencies as well as practitioners of world wide region to exchange views and measures to prevent and combat corruption, supporting international cooperation and technical assistance as well as promoting integrity, accountability and proper management of public affairs.
The keynote address marks the first appearance of Dr Mahathir at the Vienna International Conference (VIC). His last visit here was in 1985.
Source: NST Online
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